diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index e652afe84..08d07a6f0 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ function exitHandler() {
 
 trap exitHandler EXIT
 
+vergte() {
+    greater_version=$(echo -e "$1\n$2" | sort -rV | head -n1)
+    [[ "$1" == "${greater_version}" ]] && return 0 || return 1
+}
+
 # change this to a hash when we make a upgrade release
 readonly LOG_FILE="/var/log/cloudron-setup.log"
 readonly MINIMUM_DISK_SIZE_GB="18" # this is the size of "/" and required to fit in docker images 18 is a safe bet for different reporting on 20GB min
@@ -196,6 +201,13 @@ else
     version="${requestedVersion}"
 fi
 
+if vergte "${version}" "7.5.99"; then
+    if ! grep -q avx /proc/cpuinfo; then
+        echo "Cloudron version ${version} requires AVX support in the CPU. No avx found in /proc/cpuinfo"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 if ! sourceTarballUrl=$(echo "${releaseJson}" | python3 -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj["info"]["sourceTarballUrl"])'); then
     echo "No source code for version '${requestedVersion:-latest}'"
     exit 1
diff --git a/src/updater.js b/src/updater.js
index e44346b95..e73dc3ad0 100644
--- a/src/updater.js
+++ b/src/updater.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ async function canUpdate(boxUpdateInfo) {
     if (!ubuntuVersion) throw new BoxError(BoxError.INTERNAL_ERROR, 'Could not determine ubuntu release');
     if (ubuntuVersion.trim() === '18.04' && semver.gte(boxUpdateInfo.version, '7.5.0')) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, `${boxUpdateInfo.version} requires atleast Ubuntu 20.04. Please upgrade following https://docs.cloudron.io/guides/upgrade-ubuntu-20/`);
 
-    // mongodb 6 requires AVX
+    // mongodb 5 requires AVX
     if (semver.gte(boxUpdateInfo.version, '7.6.0')) {
         const avxOutput = safe.child_process.execSync('grep avx /proc/cpuinfo', { encoding: 'utf8' });
         if (avxOutput === null) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, `${boxUpdateInfo.version} requires AVX support`);